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Thursday, 6 August 2009

Scrobs to charge for views...

The Grauniad has just reported that Murdoch's papers will soon charge for viewing on line.

So this means that I'll have to pay to read 'The Sun' and 'The News Of the World', from now on, as well as 'The Times' of course. (I willingly pay to read The Wall Street Journal already, because I can easily do the 'Terminally wretched' Sudoku in about 8 minutes...)

Well, Rupert, (may I call you 'Roo'?) I agree whole-heartedly that we are getting far too much for nothing these days, and a nominal charge per click - say five pence, will ensure that everybody can read the news displayed by your excellent organs knowing full well that the money will go to a good cause, and we don't ever have to worry again about stories reaching the public, because, like the BBC, our payments will cover every eventuality, free from political interference!

In fact, this will mean the end of all blogs as we know them, because everyone will rush to spend as much money as possible on Murdoch sites to pay for such information! There may well be another run on the banks for cash to throw at these papers. Almost certainly, Gordon Bruin will tax everyone for some unknown reason!

And so, the Board of Scroblene Enterprises has recommended that we charge per view of this blog, with immediate effect. The move has already been voted on, and JRT has indicated her agreement by biting the hand that feeds it...

I agree with you Lakes! More and more people will read blogs like Guido, Raedwald and Dale, purely to get a proper view on what's really happening.

I don't give a monkey's about celeb rubbish anyway, so I might as well join in with everyone who thinks politicians etc need a good thrashing - all the time, and we can do that with our own blog habits!

Of course, I'd miss reading your comments and posts if you charged as well...;0)

I would give you all my personal details, including my bank account number, pin number etc, but a nice chap from Nigeria sent me an e-mail last week along the same lines and I've had a bit a problem with my bank ever since....

What a marvellous idea Scrobs, with so many dedicated followers you'll make an absolute fortune.I nominate Lakes to be your graphic designer and I will happily be your financial director, for a small fee, (ahem) of course!

Before I rush off to see if I can remember where I left my 15 credit cards, might I enquire whether you and your fellow Board Members could see your way clear, Guv, to allowing a modest discount for balding, mentally and vertically challenged - but eminently literate - idiots? Furthermore do you still take Marks, Lira and Pesos?

It's 'you're' or you are, not 'your', as so ineloquently put, on your silly little comment.

Obviously, another Leftie, uneducated slug .Twelve glorious years of 'Education...education... education.If that's the best you can do, I strongly advise you to quit now, whilst you still may have the opportunity of finding a job stacking shelves in your local Supermarket when Nulab disappears into obscurity!

And back on topic, if Metro can make money why can't Times Online? Metro even has to print up actual copies and distribute them! People will simply get their headlines from Metro, Google, Yahoo News, etc. and their comment from the blogs.

Scrobs: a slow day yesterday, so I dropped by again to see how much you had managed to raise; and yes I found the credit card down the back of the sofa along with 5 missing remotes and dead pizza.

Being a financial whizz, I can spot a good thing from 500 miles away, so I have accordingly instructed my accountant in Harare, Mr Blessme Amarubbadinghi, to transfer the sum of Zim$ 53,296,483,512.18 (that was about 16/2d last time I checked) as a first year's subscription. The cash should be in your account at the Sevenoaks branch of the Rogues Bank of Scrobsland by next Tuesday afternoon. I look forward to receiving my all purpose password soonest.

Ouch!,who rang your door bell and ran away Trubes,good job I didn't say anything about the Pierhead and the sunken ferry pier, which by the way the ferry pier is now a Dutch floating barge with 4 legs and ugly.

Scrobs: (sorry, I inadvertently gave you an extra "e" last time)Re: runner beans. If you have several hundredweight to get through, may I suggest blanching and then freezing them into meal sized packets for use as needed. Thus you may enjoy your own fresh runner beans throughout the winter. Mr Ishmael had an article a few days ago on bottling rhubarb for the same purpose, and I froze half a freezerful of fresh raspberries (have to be done on an individual basis spread out on a flat tray until they freeze otherwise all you get is mush, but you probably knew that already) not so long ago when I had an abundant crop. They went very well with the Xmas pud!

Reevers, yes thanks; they do freeze, but somehow we've turned to ideas that beans only really taste the best when their in season - seems short sighted I know, but it is nice to knock on friends' doors and throw stuff at them when they answer - like courgettes, beans, (not tomatoes - now they do liquidise whole and are marvellous...).

Mrs S has specialised in Jalopeno peppers this year, and also Scotch Bonnet etc. Tuscan Tony's oil bottle now has her latest concoction, and the fire started just yesterday evening...

Well I stopped discussing PH and stopped being so hurt and I'm not going to start again now - you have whomever you want to subscribe to your excellent blog, Scrobs and I will not comment.

As my income has gone down, my expenses gone up and my worries with it I apply for the barter system for mine own subscription. You must have a chimney that needs cleaning. One child or two, Scrobs?

I will comment on the runners tho, thanks for the tip, rvi. We'll go a hunting for a PYO this week sometime. I offered them pork chops yesterday, which ended up in the bin (they've decided they don't like pork any more, and beef, and lamb.. )

Thanks, Scrobs. You could say that summer is hot outside and the wasps are abroad. Apples are ripening in the fields, pregnant with juice and rosy succulence. Carpets of wheat are being harvested, straining at their roots in their last dance in the breeze. And the chimneys are swept in readiness. Come the winter winds red faces will split into warm smiles in front of the fire as cherry lips suck on mulled wine and good cheer.

Almost time for peoples xmas lights to go up! We had them in spetember last year round here.